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THE COSTUME DESIGNER
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SUMMER 2021
Western Costume Company has been around for
nearly as long as there have been movies. After a
century in the business, the stockpile of clothes,
accessories, and references is the costume design
euivalent of a dragon's hoard if dragons rented
out their treasure. or the past years, President
ddie Marks has been buying up entire collections.
Most of these purchases were of period garments
ranging from the s to the s, with an em
phasis on the s. The fi nest pieces from these
acuisitions have been set aside into their own
section dubbed, The Collection.' As the goodies
piled up, space became a premium. In a repudia
tion of downsizing wiz Marie ondo, the company
embraced maximalism and expanded their facili
ty to include the , suare foot space next to
their building.
The new space has been dubbed The Annex' and
houses the uniform department with the compa
ny's extensive collection of military, police, and
fi re department gear which range from the s
through modern day. rom historicallyaccurate
epaulettes to the latest iteration of dress uniforms
that military intelligence barely knows of, Western
Costume is keeping its inventory up to the minute.
Along with the expansion, ilbert Moussally has
been bumped up to ice President of Costume
perations and ead of the uniform department.
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